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A.Man

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November 5, 2014 Image of Fiery Cross Reef (Yongshu Jiao).

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Zetageist

Zetageist

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Comparing to the October 18 picture of Fiery Cross, Chinese reclamation is going so fast. I guess they want it to be done before signing (BIG IF) binding document with ASEAN and the coming APEC summit.

As a side note, Russians just joined the SCS Club. More the merrier:

Russian Missile Cruiser to Conduct Live Fire Drills in Rare Visit to South China Sea
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The flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet is currently in the South China Sea with plans to conduct air defense and “rocket, artillery and torpedo weapons,” drills in a rare visit to the region, according to an announcement issued Wednesday by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The 11,500-ton Slava-class cruiser Moscow (or Moskva) left Singapore after a port call to conduct the training exercises in an unspecified area of the South China Sea in the last few days, read a translation of the statement.

The ship — based on a 1970s era design and commissioned in 1983 — was built to be crewed by almost 500 and is centered around 16 massive P-500 (SS-N-12 Sandbox) anti-ship cruise missiles, giving the ship a distinctive saw toothed look.

Moscow left the Russian naval base in Sevastapol, Crimea on Sept. 6 and made port calls in Greece in late September before transiting the Suez Canal in mid-October, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. It’s unclear if the cruiser made a port call to the Russian naval base in Tartus, Syria — though possible given the proximity of the ship to Syria. The ship then arrived at Colombo, Sri Lanka on Oct. 23 and then to Singapore.

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Lethe

Lethe

Captain
Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere on SDF, but the following is a recent and interesting document from the US National Defense University (NDU) on the prospects for Chinese overseas basing in future:

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ahojunk

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5 km2 is probably a little bit big.

I think it's probably more like 2 km2.

Can anyone confirm?
 
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ahojunk

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If anyone has new pics of the reef reclamation, please post here.

I am very impressed with the speed of the reclamation.
 
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ahojunk

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Airbus Defence and Space imagery dated 14 November 2014 shows Chinese land reclamation operations under way at Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea. Multiple operating dredgers provide the ability to generate terrain rapidly. Operating from a harbour area, dredgers deliver sediment via a network of piping.

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